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Mount Paektu, Baekdu, or Changbai is an active volcano on the border between North Korea and China. At , it is the highest mountain of the Changbai and Baekdudaegan ranges. It is also the highest mountain on the Korean Peninsula and in northeastern China. A large crater lake, called Heaven Lake is in the caldera atop the mountain. ==Names== The modern names of the mountain in Chinese and Korean come from the Sushen or Proto-Jurchen language of the Manchu peoples. Its modern Manchu name is ''Golmin Šanggiyan Alin'' or Long/Ever White Mountain. Similarly, its Mongolian name is ''Ondor Tsagaan Aula'', the Lofty White Mountain. In Chinese, the mountain itself is known as ''Chángbáishān'' ("Ever White Mountain") but the mountain and Heaven Lake taken together are known as ''Báitóushān'' ("Whitehead Mountain").〔ISBN 7-5031-2136-X page 31〕 This later name, read in Korean and variously romanized, is the source of the North Korean name ''Paektu-san'' and South Korean ''Baekdu-san''. In English, various authors have used non-standard transliterations.〔Examples: Paektu-san((【引用サイトリンク】title=Paektu-san: North Korea )) (Korean 백두산((【引用サイトリンク】title=백두산: North Korea ))), Ch'ang Pai,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Ch'ang Pai: China )) Chang-pai Shan,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Chang-pai Shan: China )) Chōhaku-san,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Chōhaku-san: China )) Hakutō,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Hakutō: China )) Hakutō-san,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Hakutō-san: China )) Hakutō-zan,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Hakutō-zan: China )) Paik-to-san,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Paik-to-san: China )) Mount Paitoushar,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Mount Paitoushar: China )) Paitow Shan,((【引用サイトリンク】title=Paitow Shan: China )) Pei-schan((【引用サイトリンク】title=Pei-schan: China )) and Bai Yun Feng.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paektu Mountain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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